The Poet and the Tsar (1927)

6.4/10 95 min Drama

Overview

Tsar Nicholas I is enamoured by Natalia, the wife of Alexander Pushkin. To cover his tracks, the tsar encourages the suit of Georges d'Anthès, a French officer, with the help of Count Alexander von Benckendorff. Pushkin hears rumours of D’Anthès’s love for his wife and challenges him to a duel.

Cast

Yevgeni Chervyakov

Aleksandr Pushkin

Irina Volodko

Natalie Pushkina

Boris Tamarin

Baron Dantes

Aleksandr Larikov

Nikita

Ivan Khudoleyev

Baron Benkendorf

Aleksei Feona

Zhukovskiy

Gennadi Michurin

Danzas

Ivan Lerskiy

Bulgarin

Yevgeni Boronikhin

Dal

Zoya Valevskaya

Poletika

Anatoli Nelidov

Krylov

Fyodor Lopukhov

Gogol

Viktor Plotnikov

Baron Gekkeren

Nikolai Cherkasov

Charles (uncredited)

Pyotr Podvalniy

D'Archiaq (uncredited)

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